T. Thornborrow

A Longitudinal Investigation of Perceptual Body Image and Media Influence Among Ethnically Diverse School Children in Rural Nicaragua

ABSTRACT Body dissatisfaction (BD) often arises from the discrepancy between a person's perceived body and an ‘ideal’ body. Mass media's adult‐targeted body ‘ideals’ also reach children and shape their body perceptions. BD is arising at increasingly younger ages in global north p...